Self-referencing Page Tables for the x86-Architecture

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31 points | by stv0g 4 hours ago

3 comments

  • no92 1 hour ago
    If I'm not mistaken, this is just fractal mapping, which is very common. See https://wiki.osdev.org/Fractal_Page_Mapping
  • cmpxchg8b 2 hours ago
    I'm confused, is this meant to be presented as new work? Windows has done this for a very long time.
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    • protoman3000 1 hour ago
      It’s a bachelor’s thesis.
    • als0 1 hour ago
      "There is only a single reference5 dated to 2010 indicating that Microsoft might use a similar approach for its NT kernel."
  • maximgeorge 1 hour ago
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